Hog-oiler



H. W. G. FRINK.

HOG OILER.

APPLICATION FILE'DSEPT. 14. 1916.

1 252,25 Patentd Jan. 1,1918.

UNITED STATES ma oFFioEi.

, HARVEY w. e. FRINK, or CARROLL, NEBRASKA.

HOG-OILER.

To all uihom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY W. G. FRINK,

citizen of the United States, residing at- Carroll, in the county of Wayne, State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Oilers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same.

This invention relates to a hog oiling apparatus, and has particular reference to a device which may be placed in a position where the hogs will have casual access thereto, and will automatically oil themselves by using the apparatus as a rubbing device.

The object of this invention is to provide an oiling apparatus for treating hogs, which will efi'ect a suitable distribution of oil throughout, a herd of hogs without the necessity of an attendant. To this end, my invention contemplates the provision of a receptacle which is located in the pen or other inclosure in which the hogs are allowed to run and which is provided with an element which is attractive to the hogs as a scratching or rubbing device, the element being movable within the receptacle under the action of the hogs rubbing thereagainst to distribute the contents of the receptacle onto the sides of the animals.

In providing such an apparatus, it is also my intention to provide a distributing ele ment which is particularly adapted for providing an even distribution of the contents of the receptacle without causing the material to be too heavily coated upon the animals.

With the above object in view and such others as will hereinafter appear, my inven tion will now be fully set forth and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device,

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, and

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a comparatively long shallow trough which is mounted upon the transverse foot pieces 2 whose ends extend be ond the side of thetrough to provide a i t nt pport which will pre en the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed September 14, 1916. Serial No. 120,103.

trough lfrom being easily overturned. The ends 3 of the trough 1 rise above the sides thereof in the form of standards which are capped by means of the straps 4, said straps 4 consisting of strap iron which overlies the upper edges of the sides 3 and are carried to the foot pieces 2 in spaced relation to the sides of the trough so that suitable braces are thereby provided for additionally securing the sides to the ends 3. The outer faces of the sides 3 are furthermore reinforced by the vertical elements 5, which rise from the bottom 6 and are secured throughout their lengthsagainst the ends 3. Journaled in the ends 3'are the ends of a shaft 7, one, of the bearings being on a higher level than the other so that the shaft 7 is inclined slightly from one end to the other of the trough.

Rigidly mounted upon the shaft 7 is a drum 8. The drum 8 consists of the heads 9 of two sizes, the larger head being mounted upon the end of the shaft which has the higher bearing, and the heads are connected by means of the bars or slats 10 which are preferably substantially square in cross section and-arefurthermore tapered'fror'n' the large head to the small head of the drum so that the bars may be fitted into comparatively close relation around the peripheral edge of the heads and provide therebetween slots whose sides converge toward the inner face of the bars. Thus, the spaces between the bars constitute cross sectionally tapered slots or recesses whose wider ends are c0incident with the periphery of the drum, and whose inner ends communicate with the interior of the drum so that material which is caught in the spaces will not be held therein after the drum has been rotated to bring the spaces to the top of the drum, but they will be emptied into the body of the material contained in the trough. Furthermore, the squared edges of the bars provide scratching elements which not only induce the animals to rub thereagainst, but which work on the skin to more thoroughly rub th oil therein.

As above described, the drum supporting shaft 7 inclines from one end to the other of the trough, and the incline is of such pitch that the lower rim of the drum will lie substantially parallel with the bottom of the trough 1 so that when the oil in the trough is comparatively low, the drum will still be fed throughout its length, instead of merely at the larger end thereof. The heads 9 of the bar "are surrounded by thehoops iyithin the drum belowa the edge of the 11 which entirely eur erpi edwm 3 21 tr ugh. wi Lebg d. -oil i h y be i ends thereof and servein securingthe bars-"'trihilted to the animals, and that the feed in their relative positions. of oil is gradual, only that part which ad- 5 In operation, the device is placed in a field heres to the bars 10, being rubbed upon the or, other l1(3t11 i1 1 hich h ggs a re l lept. si des ofi the animals. By reason oittepered "The bodfib the trough is 'long'a'n'd'low, """form'ziti'on of the drum, a1so,"the hogs may and is furthermore le temllyisllstainediupone-reachitheempoficthe drum at its smaller end a low base by means of the foot pieces 2, in order to rub their noses, chins and necks 0 1 .--;t e-.-tnough' Lis fillediiwiith a suiteble thereover, mush-permitting. them to --cover ;-bil. ----'11h e'device with-itsaslottedoor grooved..-.snhstenti'ally their eiltirebodies. ,drum.,is-,;attractive,-torhogsgas ar nbbing or -.-It.sh0u-ld .bei furthermore notedethat'the scraalzching@device. lBy :rubbin themselves; PIZQGGDlii-dBVldG iscepeble ofibeingieonstructagainst: the drum: they; obiiions y. rotateihe; red .lfnom l woiod, sheethmetah .cast Aron: or-com islatten- Within ttheetrough and-the Veshaped henete.

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